"Tell me about yourself!" Lu Zhe abruptly changed the subject and looked at Xia Jie. "Why did you suddenly return to the country? Where's Jiang Changqing?"
"Why didn't he come back with you?"
Xia Jie lowered his head, a faint sorrow appearing on his face, but said nothing.
"He..." Seeing his expression, a guess suddenly flashed through Lu Zhe's mind. "Jiang Changqing didn't really die in last year's Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, did he?"
"How could that be?" Seeing that Xia Jie remained silent, Lu Zhe muttered in disbelief.
Although he had guessed that outcome before, seeing Xia Jie had given him a sliver of hope that Jiang Changqing might still be alive.
Yet Jiang Changqing had really died!
"I thought... with his abilities, even without Cursed Energy, he wouldn't have been completely helpless!" Lu Zhe said softly. "I didn't expect something like this to really happen!"
"Suguru Geto released all his Cursed Spirits during the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons. Those Cursed Spirits were all acting freely!" Xia Jie said in a low voice. "My father and I... happened to live in Shinjuku, the focal point of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons."
"My father gave up his life to protect me!"
For a moment, Lu Zhe had nothing to say.
He and Jiang Changqing had never liked each other, but now that he had truly heard news of Jiang Changqing's death, a strange feeling spread through his heart. He could not tell whether it was grief or regret.
After a brief silence, Lu Zhe asked again, "So you really came back this time to ask me for help?"
"Not really!" Xia Jie's mood improved somewhat. "I originally just wanted to come home and take a look. I didn't expect to run into Qiao Qiao,